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Name
Douglas MacLean
Role
Actor
Full Name
Charles Douglas MacLean
Born
January 10, 1890 (
1890-01-10
)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died
July 9, 1967, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Education
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Movies
Mary's Ankle, Passing Through, The Rookie's Return
Spouse
Barbara Barondess (m. 1938–1948)
Similar People
Barbara Barondess, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Nelson, Thomas H Ince, William Desmond Taylor
The Battler
Douglas MacLean (Charles Douglas MacLean) (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American silent motion picture actor, producer, and writer.
MacLean was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Northwestern University Preparatory School, and Lewis Institute of Technology, in Chicago. After a career in bond sales, MacLean enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Prior to his screen career he played juvenile leads in stock and supported stage actress Maude Adams in Peter Pan. His first film was 1914’s As Ye Sow with Alice Brady, followed by a bit parts in Fuss and Feathers, and two Mary Pickford features, Captain Kidd, Jr.. and Johanna Enlists. He went on appearing with Dorothy Gish in The Hun Within, he co-starred with Doris May in the romantic comedy, 23 1/2 Hours' Leave, which was a big hit. From 1922 to 1929 he starred in fourteen features for Paramount and First National, all maintaining the standard light romantic comedy formula that continued to prove successful for him. He made one talkie, Divorce Made Easy in 1929, and then retired from acting. In 1932 Douglas made his debut as a producer with Ladies of the Jury. He produced a total of eight films for Paramount, including Tillie and Gus, starring W.C. Fields, Ladies Should Listen starring Cary Grant and 1935's Two for Tonight. He retired from film producing in 1937, but continued to freelance write for movies and television in the 1940s and 1950s. MacLean was known as The Man With the Million Dollar Smile.
MacLean died in his Beverly Hills' home from the effects of a stroke, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Writer
Mama Loves Papa (1945)
Six of a Kind (1934)
Mama Loves Papa (1933)
Caught Plastered (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
Filmography
Actor
1929
Divorce Made Easy as
Billy Haskell
1929
The Carnation Kid as
Clarence Kendall
1927
Soft Cushions as
The Young Thief
1927
Let It Rain as
'Let-It-Rain' Riley
1926
Hold That Lion! as
Jimmie Hastings
1926
That's My Baby as
Alan Boyd
1925
Seven Keys to Baldpate as
William Magee
1925
Introduce Me as
Jimmy Clark
1924
Never Say Die as
Jack Woodbury
1924
The Yankee Consul as
Dudley Ainsworth
1923
Going Up as
Robert Street
1923
A Man of Action as
Bruce MacAllister
1923
Mary of the Movies as
Doug MacLean (uncredited)
1923
The Sunshine Trail as
James Henry McTavish
1923
Bell Boy 13 (Short) as
Harry Elrod
1922
The Hottentot as
Sam Harrington
1921
Passing Through as
Billy Barton
1921
One a Minute as
Jimmy Knight
1921
The Home Stretch as
Johnny Hardwick
1921
Chickens as
Deems Stanwood
1921
The Rookie's Return as
James Stewart Lee
1920
The Jailbird as
Shakespeare Clancy
1920
Let's Be Fashionable as
Henry Langdon
1920
Mary's Ankle as
Dr. Arthur P. Hampton
1920
What's Your Husband Doing? as
John P. Widgast
1919
23 1/2 Hours' Leave as
Sergeant William Gray
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr. as
Jim Gleason
1919
The Homebreaker as
Raymond Abbott
1919
Happy Though Married as
Stanley Montjoy
1918
Fuss and Feathers as
Robert Leedyard
1918
Mirandy Smiles as
Teddy Lawrence
1918
Johanna Enlists as
Capt. Archie van Renssaller
1918
The Hun Within as
Frank Douglas
1918
The Vamp as
Robert Walsham
1917
The Fair Barbarian as
Jack Belasys (as Douglas McLean)
1917
Souls in Pawn as
Karl, Prince von Kondermarck
1917
The Upper Crust as
Algernon Todd
1916
A Woman's Power as
Newt Spooner
1916
Love's Crucible (Short) as
Robert Lawton
1915
The Boss as
Regan's Secretary, Robert (as Douglas McLean)
1915
The Man Who Found Himself as
Roy Hudson
1914
As Ye Sow as
Rev. John St. John
Producer
1941
New Wine (associate producer)
1937
23 1/2 Hours Leave (producer)
1936
Great Guy (producer - as Douglas Maclean)
1935
Two for Tonight (producer)
1935
Accent on Youth (producer)
1935
So Red the Rose (producer)
1935
People Will Talk (producer)
1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (producer)
1934
Ladies Should Listen (producer)
1934
Melody in Spring (producer)
1934
Six of a Kind (associate producer - uncredited)
1933
Tillie and Gus (producer - uncredited)
1933
Secrets of Hollywood (producer)
1933
Mama Loves Papa (producer - uncredited)
1932
Ladies of the Jury (associate producer)
1931
Caught Plastered (associate producer)
1931
Too Many Cooks (associate producer)
1931
Cracked Nuts (associate producer)
1931
Laugh and Get Rich (associate producer)
1926
Hold That Lion! (producer)
1925
Seven Keys to Baldpate (producer)
1925
Introduce Me (producer)
1924
Never Say Die (producer)
1924
The Yankee Consul (producer)
1923
Going Up (producer)
Writer
1945
Mama Loves Papa (uncredited)
1934
Six of a Kind (story)
1933
Mama Loves Papa (screenplay)
1931
Caught Plastered (by)
1931
Laugh and Get Rich (by)
Miscellaneous
1935
Tian lun (presenter)
Self
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 18 (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (Documentary short) as
Self
1920
A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (Documentary short) as
Self
1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (Short) as
